Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35337

ὦ τῶν ἁπάντων ποιητῶν ἡδυλόγε,
Ὅμηρε χρυσέ Μουσάων λίαν φίλε,
ὄντως ἀπὸ γλώσσης σοι ἐκχεῖται μέλι,
καὶ ῥὰ μελιχρῶς ὡς τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὄντα
τίθης καὶ ποιεῖς ἄγαν ἡδέως πάντα·
ὅθεν σε κρείττω τῶν ποιητῶν ἁπάντων
σοφοί τε πάντες καλέουσιν εἰκότως.
Type(s) [31298] Ὦ τῶν ἁπάντων ποιητῶν ἡδυλόγε (7 verses)
Text source L. Orlandi, 2023, Andronikos Kallistos: A Byzantine Scholar and His Manuscripts in Italian Humanism, Berlin/Boston: 527
Text status Text completely known
Date 1456-1462
Manuscript MODENA - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria α. P. 5. 19 (Puntoni 110; olim II D 11) [1456-1462]
Place in Manuscript f. 1r
Person(s)
Scribe
Georgios Ballas (1447 - 1500) - RGK: III.91 - VGH: 70.G - PLP: II.2086
Palaeographical information 5 ποιεῖς in ras. (Orlandi 2023)
Contextual information The epigram precedes Homer's Odyssey.
It is preceded by some Latin verses in honour of Homer and some notes about Homer's life (cf. Orlandi 2023: 274).
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s)
Bibliography

Primary

C. Samberger, 1965, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 1), Leipzig: 454

Secondary

L. Orlandi, 2023, Andronikos Kallistos: A Byzantine Scholar and His Manuscripts in Italian Humanism, Berlin/Boston: 274
Number of verses 7
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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